FreeBSD : libtasn1 -- denial of service parsing malicious DER certificates (1b0d2938-0766-11e6-94fa-002590263bf5)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 90605

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

GNU Libtasn1 NEWS reports :

Fixes to avoid an infinite recursion when decoding without the ASN1_DECODE_FLAG_STRICT_DER flag. Reported by Pascal Cuoq.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/13/3

http://www.nessus.org/u?aa9774e6

http://www.nessus.org/u?59ef0e40

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 90605

File Name: freebsd_pkg_1b0d2938076611e694fa002590263bf5.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Published: 4/21/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:libtasn1, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info, Host/local_checks_enabled

Patch Publication Date: 4/21/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/11/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4008